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Side 18
... instance , the Pope , as the father of Catholic Christendom , could not but be viewed with awe by any Christian of deep feeling , as standing in some relation to the true and unseen Father of the spiritual body . Nay , considering that ...
... instance , the Pope , as the father of Catholic Christendom , could not but be viewed with awe by any Christian of deep feeling , as standing in some relation to the true and unseen Father of the spiritual body . Nay , considering that ...
Side 21
... instance did the fallen prince attempt to fly , but passively met the death which was inevitable , in the very spot where ruin had overtaken him . Nei- ther was it possible even for a merciful conqueror to show mercy ; for , in the ...
... instance did the fallen prince attempt to fly , but passively met the death which was inevitable , in the very spot where ruin had overtaken him . Nei- ther was it possible even for a merciful conqueror to show mercy ; for , in the ...
Side 26
... instance , we are forced to touch a little upon old things , we shall con- fine ourselves as much as possible to those which are susceptible of new aspects . For the whole gallery of those who follow , we can undertake that the ...
... instance , we are forced to touch a little upon old things , we shall con- fine ourselves as much as possible to those which are susceptible of new aspects . For the whole gallery of those who follow , we can undertake that the ...
Side 28
... instance , by a celebrated remark which he made on the characteristic distinction of Cæsar , in comparison with other revolutionary dis- turbers ; for , whereas others had attempted the over- throw of the state in a continued paroxysm ...
... instance , by a celebrated remark which he made on the characteristic distinction of Cæsar , in comparison with other revolutionary dis- turbers ; for , whereas others had attempted the over- throw of the state in a continued paroxysm ...
Side 47
... instance , he drew his famous prophecy of his future destiny ; bidding his friends beware of that slipshod boy , for that in him lay couchant many a Marius . ' A grander testimony to the awe which Cæsar inspired , or from one who knew ...
... instance , he drew his famous prophecy of his future destiny ; bidding his friends beware of that slipshod boy , for that in him lay couchant many a Marius . ' A grander testimony to the awe which Cæsar inspired , or from one who knew ...
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Alexander Alexander Severus amongst ancient anecdotes army assassination Augustus Aurelian barbarians body Cæsar Caligula Caracalla Carus Cassius character Christian Cicero circumstances civic civil Commodus condition death Decius declension defeated Dioclesian discipline doubt doubtless effect Emilianus enemy express eyes fact father favor fear frontier Galerius Gallienus Gaul Goths grandeur habits Hadrian hand happened historians honors human nature imperial instance interest Julius Julius Cæsar king legions less luxury Macrinus Marcus Aurelius Maximin means memorable mighty military mode monarchy moral mother murder necessity Nero never NOTE notice Numerian occasion original palace party perhaps Persian Philip the Arab philosopher popular prætorian prince Probus prosperity provinces purpose rank reason reign remarkable republic republican revolution rival Roman emperor Roman empire Rome sacred seems senate sense Severus soldier spirit succession Suetonius supposed Sylla thousand throne tion troops true vast victory whilst whole writer
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Side 242 - Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread But as the marigold at the sun's eye; And in themselves their pride lies buried, For at a frown they in their glory die. The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories once foil'd, Is from the book of honour razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd.
Side 19 - Czesarean (so to speak) in their tone of moral feeling. Thus, for example, the night before he was assassinated, he dreamt at intervals that he was soarIng above the clouds on wings, and that he placed his hand within the right hand of Jove.
Side 54 - Men like Mark Antony, with minds of chaotic composition — light conflicting with darkness, proportions of colossal grandeur disfigured by unsymmetrical arrangement, the angelic in close neighborhood with the brutal — are first read in their true meaning by an age learned in the philosophy of the human heart.